Prior Peak | |
Elevation M: | 3276 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 33 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Park Ranges |
Parent Peak: | Mount Barnard (3339 m) |
Region Type: | Provinces |
Part Type: | Protected area |
Part: | Banff National Park |
Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia |
Map Size: | 200 |
Label Position: | right#left |
Coordinates: | 51.7208°N -116.9311°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
First Ascent: | 1937 E. Cromwell, E. Cromwell Jr., Georgia Engelhard, F.S. North, J. M. Thorington |
Prior Peak is located at the head of Waitabit Creek on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1924 after Edward Prior, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1919-1920.[4]